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00:00So this is the new Lerrie Cancer Day Unit at Gronkweiss Hospital and it is the
00:06realisation of really a vision of many years really wanting to provide the
00:12right environment for people to receive cancer treatment here in this neck of the
00:16woods. For the last eight years we've been meeting every month as a project
00:20group to try and bring this into reality and we open this weekend so one of the
00:27really strong things was really working to bring the lovely environment we have
00:33up here in this part of Wales into this unit through the artwork and the colours
00:37chosen. So right from the beginning an Arts and Health group which is being led
00:42by our Arts and Health Manager in the Health Board but patients and local artists
00:47and also members of staff have all come together. You see that we've tried to
00:52create just a sense of calm and a sense of branding for everybody that works here
00:58and everybody that attends here before their treatment area because we actually
01:02start cooking patients on Monday but the active hub of this unit will be the place
01:09where chemotherapy and other treatments are delivered. You can see the team are
01:13getting ready for it to be operational on Monday. So we've got seven treatment chairs
01:18in here and one in the side room for anybody that needs just that extra isolation for many
01:26different reasons. Patient area was this end and it was a therapy to all of that which
01:33was a different department and so the difference for patients and for the staff in having this
01:40absolutely dedicated area is just transformed and will be of huge value now as we go forward.
01:47So we've got my patient clinic area and we keep that we've kept that quite deliberately
01:54separate from the main treatment area so before we have this the area was shared and so patients
02:00who were coming for their treatment were in the same area as those who had maybe their first
02:05appointment with their oncologist. So we've really made an effort to separate that a little just
02:09to gently bring people into the environment. A charity called Dearing to Dream wanted to actually
02:15make a room suitable for young people with cancer and so gave us a small grant to make this room
02:22particularly special. So this is called the Bluebell Room because it gave signifies courage.
02:27We try to make sure that the spaces that we have are multifunctional so there's obviously there's
02:34always things that are necessary for clinical work to be done but actually using some
02:40furniture to make the area softer and more inviting and the artwork and places with good
02:45conversations it can happen which is so important when you're going through a cancer experience.
02:52It's an area that's more informal for waiting but also a place where we can put information up for
02:58patients while they're waiting and also do things like pop-ups so maybe some dietetic support.
03:04You know the staff didn't have staff room before something that they've not they've not had access to.
03:11Every detail is going to really transform their working lives as well as the experience of patients.
03:16We really wanted to mark the fact that many many people have donated to make this project reality.
03:23It's people have raised money, people have given from their own money. We've had legacy donations,
03:29we've had other charities donate and we wanted to just say thank you to all of those people.
03:36So the project group along with a patient came up with these words that I think are really special
03:42and we've got them here displayed in some word art by one of the artists and it says that this unit
03:47is founded on the kindness and generosity of our local communities who made it possible. It has been
03:54shaped by the ambition to provide the very best care for patients today and in the future from those who
04:01came before those who are now and those yet to be here. Thank you.